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How Kevin Hassett Became a Trump Loyalist and Fed Chair Contender

Mr. Hassett’s evolution from conservative economist to defender of the president’s economic agenda has raised questions about how he would lead the central bank.

© Haiyun Jiang for The New York Times

Kevin Hassett, director of the National Economic Council, once promoted the idea that free trade was the path to national prosperity and argued that more immigration was good for the economy.
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